An early morning traffic stop turned into a foot chase in the woods outside of Fairbanks early this morning, troopers reported today. Troopers attempted to pull over a vehicle for a moving violation at 2:18 am on Friday morning, but instead of pulling over, the driver sped away in an attempt to evade troopers on the Richardson […]
(FAIRBANKS, Alaska) – The Richardson Highway is closed near Valdez, from mile 12-55, due to an avalanche at mile 39. The avalanche occurred this morning at approximately 3:30 a.m., and is an estimated 20 feet deep and 200 feet long. Crews will start clearing avalanche debris when the weather improves, avalanche risk decreases and it is safe […]
Two men died as the result of a two-vehicle crash near mile 353 of the Richardson Highway, ASST revealed. Troopers responded to the scene on the highway at 6:30 pm on Thursday and opened an investigation and spoke to witnesses into the fatal crash after receiving calls reporting the collision. Their investigation revealed that the […]
GOLD RUN CREEK — This clear waterway running through boreal swampland marks the farthest Cora and I will be from a highway during our summer hike along the route of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. If we chose to bust overland southwest toward Banner Creek, we would have to cover at least nine boggy miles before we […]